The salmon will be in excess of 1kg, matching the size of a small proportion of salmon grown on-land by salmon companies based in Norway and the Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n
David Mitchell, Huon Aquaculture\u2019s freshwater general manager said, \u201cHuon is setting a new benchmark for salmon farming in Tasmania.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has only been possible as a result of Huon\u2019s new $43M Whale Point nursery \u2013 by growing the salmon on land to this size in larger tanks, we are significantly reducing the time the fish will spend at sea, further improving the company\u2019s environmental performance allowing longer fallowing and improving biosecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The production trial will monitor fish performance as they grow to harvest size at 5-6kg. \u201cThe salmon have been on-grown at Whale Point for seven months which will result in a reduction of time spent at sea by between 30-40% from an average of 14 months, to 9 to 10 months,\u201d said Mr Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Whale Point uses water recirculation technology that cleans and re-uses 98-99% of the freshwater in which the fish are grown and the nursery has zero discharge to the environment due to the collection and composting of the fish nutrients for use by farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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